I last wrote on this blog around 2 months and 2 weeks ago - in reality not a very long time ago - but my memories of Alaska, though clear, seem distant.
So much can change in the space of 2 months. I knew it would, that's why I've been in a constant state of excitement for the last half-a-year. I expected to go to university and all the thrills that come with it, although at the time of writing my last blog post, I wasn't sure which university. But while in Alaska (and it took long enough, talking to school teachers thousands of miles away on the phone)I finally got the AAB results I was waiting for, and here I am now, at Sussex University.
But some things change that you can't expect or prepare for. The day before I moved out of my parents' home and off to university, things began to take a downturn when I received a confusing phonecall from the police. An hour and many more confusing phonecalls later, my mum arrived home early from work, in tears, and I found out that my gran and her sister had been killed in a car accident in Turkey.
For the past month this has affected my mum and her dad terribly, and the funeral was only today. Now I hope our family will be able to begin its healing.
But all the while, I have been settling into a new environment and I have been loving it!
University is awesome. Sussex University is especially awesome, and I am so grateful to be here!
I can't really go into much detail now, I really do have to go to bed shortly, but at least I've given you a brief update and I can get this blog on the road again! (Not that I expect anyone to be interested in my blatherings, but it is nice to have a blog just for my own reflection!)
